Job 13:18-28 ▼

18 Now behold, I have set the cause in order, || I have known that I am righteous.

19 Who [is] he that strives with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

20 Only two things, O God, do with me, || Then I am not hidden from Your face:

21 Put Your hand far off from me, || And do not let Your terror terrify me.

22 And You call, and I answer, || Or—I speak, and You answer me.

23 How many iniquities and sins do I have? Let me know my transgression and my sin.

24 Why do You hide Your face? And reckon me for an enemy to You?

25 Do You terrify a leaf driven away? And do You pursue the dry stubble?

26 For You write bitter things against me, || And cause me to possess iniquities of my youth,

27 And you put my feet in the stocks, || And observe all my paths—You set a print on the roots of my feet,

28 And he, as a rotten thing, wears away, || A moth has consumed him as a garment.”